Camponotus wellmani gamma

Camponotus wellmani gamma
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. wellmani
Subspecies:	C. wellmani gamma
Trinomial name
Camponotus wellmani gamma Santschi, 1926

Distribution

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Afrotropical Region: Democratic Republic of Congo (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Countries Occupied

Number of countries occupied by this species based on AntWiki Regional Taxon Lists. In general, fewer countries occupied indicates a narrower range, while more countries indicates a more widespread species.

Estimated Abundance

Relative abundance based on number of AntMaps records per species (this species within the purple bar). Fewer records (to the left) indicates a less abundant/encountered species while more records (to the right) indicates more abundant/encountered species.

Castes

Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• gamma. Camponotus (Tanaemyrmex) wellmani var. gamma Santschi, 1926b: 257 (s.w.) DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO.
  • Type-material: syntype major and minor workers (numbers not stated).
  • Type-locality: Democratic Republic of Congo (“Congo belge”): Makanga (no collector’s name).
  • Type-depository: NHMB.
  • Subspecies of wellmani: Santschi, 1937b: 104; Bolton, 1995b: 101.
  • Distribution: Democratic Republic of Congo.

References

• Santschi, F. 1926b. Description de nouveaux Formicides éthiopiens (IIIme partie). Rev. Zool. Afr. (Bruss.) 13: 207-267 (page 257, soldier, worker described)